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• Afghan renegade hit killed British major: ministry (AFP)
• African troops parade in Paris amid rainstorm, rights row (AFP)
• Britain unveils Google Earth map showing temperature rises (AFP)
• Court rules torture lawsuits against UK continue (AP)
• Fed hoped to limit fallout with European program (AP)
• Post-Cold War, darker side of spy game moves east (AP)
• EU tells Iran ready to resume nuclear talks (AFP)
• Kremlin says Russia losing battle on corruption (Reuters)
• Faldo likes odds of Open end to English major drought (AFP)
• EU approves Comcast buy of NBC Universal stake (AP)
• Berlusconi suffers 3rd gov't resignation in (AP)
• Papal delegate to Legionaries: examine consciences (AP)
• 9 injured, 3 by goring, in Spain's final bull run (AP)
• Ex-UN chief peacekeeper Marrack Goulding dies (AP)
• Cuban dissidents enjoy new-found freedom in Spain (AP)
• Belfast leaders decry youths' zeal for rioting (AP)
• African troops march in Paris Bastille Day parade (AP)
• Vatican, China OK new bishop as relations warm (AP)
• Alleged al-Qaida plotter held in UK on US warrant (AP)
• Inquest: Egyptian spy suspect's death unexplained (AP)

Afghan renegade hit killed British major: ministry (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:29 PM PDT AFP - A British major commanding a company of Gurkha soldiers was among three servicemen killed on their base in southern Afghanistan by a renegade Afghan soldier, officials in London said.

African troops parade in Paris amid rainstorm, rights row (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:36 PM PDT AFP - Troops from 13 African nations marched in Paris Wednesday, marking half a century of independence from France as part of a rain-soaked Bastille Day parade heavily criticised by human rights groups.

Britain unveils Google Earth map showing temperature rises (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:56 PM PDT AFP - British ministers on Wednesday launched a new Google Earth map designed to show the potential impact of temperature rises of four degrees Celsius.

Court rules torture lawsuits against UK continue (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:49 PM PDT AP - Former Guantanamo detainees can proceed with lawsuits accusing Britain of complicity in torture overseas, a High Court judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a government request to suspend the action.

Fed hoped to limit fallout with European program (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:57 PM PDT AP - The Federal Reserve hoped reviving a crisis-era program in May would limit fallout to the United States from Europe's debt debacles.

Post-Cold War, darker side of spy game moves east (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:36 PM PDT AP - In the world of 21st-century espionage, the U.S. arrest of Russian sleeper agents was a sideshow. These days, the darkest struggles play out thousands of miles to the east, where al-Qaida double agents kill CIA operatives, Iranian nuclear scientists disappear or die mysteriously, and clues gathered secretly in the desert reveal alarming threats of nuclear proliferation.

EU tells Iran ready to resume nuclear talks (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:38 PM PDT AFP - Stalled nuclear talks on Iran could resume this autumn after both the European Union and Iran said they were ready to go back to the negotiation table, officials said Wednesday.

Kremlin says Russia losing battle on corruption (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:12 PM PDT Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday his administration had made almost no progress in fighting corruption since he took power two years ago.

Faldo likes odds of Open end to English major drought (AFP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:59 AM PDT AFP - Nick Faldo sees signs that England golfers are on the verge of ending a 14-year win drought in majors as he and 21 countrymen prepare for Thursday's start of the British Open.

EU approves Comcast buy of NBC Universal stake (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT AP - European regulators have approved Comcast's purchase of a controlling stake in NBC Universal.

Berlusconi suffers 3rd gov't resignation in (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 11:48 AM PDT AP - Italy's economy undersecretary has quit after being implicated in an alleged influence-peddling investigation in the third such resignation to rock Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government in as many months.

Papal delegate to Legionaries: examine consciences (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT AP - The pope's delegate for the scandal-plagued Legionaries of Christ has told its members they must examine their consciences and reform following allegations that their founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered children.

9 injured, 3 by goring, in Spain's final bull run (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:56 AM PDT AP - Nine thrill-seeking runners were injured, three by goring, in a dangerous last running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival, officials said Wednesday. It was the bloodiest run of this year's festival.

Ex-UN chief peacekeeper Marrack Goulding dies (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:21 AM PDT AP - Marrack Goulding, a British diplomat who served as the first head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, has died at age 73.

Cuban dissidents enjoy new-found freedom in Spain (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:14 AM PDT AP - As two more Cuban dissidents flew into Spain, the seven who preceded them rejoiced Wednesday in their newfound freedom despite an uncertain future in a nation mired in Europe's debt crisis.

Belfast leaders decry youths' zeal for rioting (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT AP - Political and religious leaders pleaded Wednesday for Catholic teenagers and children engaged in Belfast rioting to stop before one of them is killed and becomes a martyr for Irish Republican Army dissidents.

African troops march in Paris Bastille Day parade (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:41 AM PDT AP - African soldiers from countries in France's former colonial empire marched in the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on Wednesday.

Vatican, China OK new bishop as relations warm (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT AP - The Vatican and the Chinese government have approved the consecration of a new bishop for Taizhou in a sign of warming ties.

Alleged al-Qaida plotter held in UK on US warrant (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:52 AM PDT AP - A Pakistani man alleged to have plotted a major al-Qaida attack in Britain and wanted by U.S. authorities over the New York subway bomb plot was ordered held in custody Wednesday.

Inquest: Egyptian spy suspect's death unexplained (AP) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT AP - The death of a wealthy Egyptian businessman suspected of international espionage remains unexplained, a British coroner ruled Wednesday, saying there was no evidence to support verdicts of either suicide or unlawful killing.

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